http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FF30Aa01.html
Jun 30, 2004
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON -
In a major defeat for US President George W Bush, the United States
Supreme Court on Monday ruled that detainees captured in Bush's "war
on terror" and detained at a US base in Cuba or in US territory have
the right to challenge their detention in federal court.
In an 8-1 decision, the justices found that US citizens detained as
"enemy combatants" were entitled to full due-process rights under the
constitution, including the right to an attorney.
In another 6-3 decision, the court ruled that foreign "enemy
combatants" held at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have
the right to go to court to argue that they should never have been
detained.
The rulings amounted to an almost total rebuff of the administration's
assertions that the president, as commander-in-chief, had the right to
indefinitely detain individuals whom it designated "enemy combatants"
without charges and without access to counsel or the right to review
their status before an independent court.
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Whoops! Wait a minute. Must've gotten that header wrong ;>)
Harry
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